Integrated upgrade recomendations

Parasound Hint is tough to beat loads of features, the prior model 5 was a Stereophile class A component.

+1 @dayglow 

Upgrade your amp then source and have basic room treatment. 

I would modify this advice just a little bit. Often, the room is a big and overlooked factor affecting the sound. With that in mind, I would do things this way:

(a) Test your room and see if there are large bass and reflection problems. Play with positioning to mitigate problems. There are a lot of resources out there about this and basic room triage can be done quickly. You will then have a better baseline to judge every other component.

(b) Consider getting a better DAC than the Sprout. An R2R topology might be just the ticket.

(c) If (a) and (b) don't help improve things a lot, then a better amp might be the ingredient that tips things significantly forward.

Hey everyone just an update. I went to a local store here in NYC and listened to a few amps including the Rogue Sphinx v3. I went with the Sphinx it sounded awesome! 

congrats OP ! Enjoy in good health 

Jim

Hey Mikey! Congratulations and Enjoy. I hope the new integrated brings you much joy.